In Italy, in spite of a great deal of talk
about German and Austrian reinforcements, and of large numbers of Bavarians arriving in Innsbruck, trustworthy news still shows us the Italians making use of a vigorous offensive, and the Austrians being content to hold on and delay the advance of their enemies. In the Trentino an Austrian counter-attack resulted in the Italians taking a good many prisoners and a quantity of arms and ammunition, while in the Canal° Alps during the night of July 4th an attack by the Austrians was also repulsed with great loss. Here we read in the official telegram a curious piece of information. Besides arms, "a number of infantry shields were left on the ground." In the Isonzo zone the Austrians are reported to be offering a very stubborn resistance to the Italian advance, and making repeated and vigorous counter-attacks. But though these have rendered the Italian progress slow, in no ease have the enemy been able to recapture the lost ground.
